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Dominican Republic national football team

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Dominican Republic
Nickname(s)Los Quisqueyanos
AssociationFederación Dominicana de Fútbol
ConfederationCONCACAF
(North America)
Sub-confederationCFU (Caribbean)
Head coachOrlando Capellino[1]
CaptainJonathan Faña
Most capsJonathan Faña (37)
Top scorerJonathan Faña (19)
Home stadiumEstadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez Estadio Cibao FC
FIFA codeDOM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 152 Increase 1 (22 December 2022)[2]
Highest78 (October 2013)
Lowest190 (December 2009)
First international
 Dominican Republic 0–8 Haiti 
(Dominican Republic; May 21, 1967)
Biggest win
 Dominican Republic 17–0 BVI 
(San Cristobal, Dominican Republic; October 14, 2010)
Biggest defeat
 T&T 9–0 Dominican Republic 
(Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; October 8, 2008)

Dominican Republic national football team is the national football team of Dominican Republic, and is controlled by the Dominican Football Federation. The team has never featured globally. Football is a popular sport in the country recently, where the main sport is baseball. The Dominican assembly made history when in October 2010 a scandalous thrashed 17-0 British Virgin Islands, with the biggest victory in the history of the CONCACAF.

References

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  1. "FIFA". Archived from the original on 2018-09-02. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
  2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.